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General Guidelines
- Start-up funding is provided to launch a faculty member’s research efforts while they are establishing a stable foundation of external funding. Funds expire after five years.
- These funds are primarily intended to purchase equipment but additional expenses related to research are allowed.
The list of allowable expenses below is to be used as a guide. If funds are needed for unallowed expenses they should be requested from the Department Chair. All renovations or furnishings requests should be coordinated with Research and Facilities in the Dean’s Office.
Allowed Expenses
- Equipment
- Research Supplies
- Graduate student support
- Research personnel (including postdocs)
- Travel for research
- Faculty summer salary as outlined in offer letter
Unallowed Expenses
- Entertainment
- Administrative staff
- Staff relocation/recruitment
- Non-research related supplies
- Renovations of labs or office space
- Furniture and furnishings
- Gifts
- Works of art
- While some other expenses may be related peripherally to research activities, uses of startup funds for these expenses is prohibited.
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Start-up Fund Requests
Please visit the College of Natural Sciences website for information on start-up fund extensions and advances, and summer salary from start-up funds.